'Ukraine's Soul' officially selected for Emberlight Film Festival 2022

Ukraine's Soul: A Tribute to Heroes, a new film by Maltese-American filmmaker Marcelle Abela, has been officially selected for the 2022 Emberlight International Film Festival. Called an "incredibly eye-opening, important, and well-conceived documentary," by Colton Pometta, the festival's director, Ukraine's Soul explores the phenomenon of Ukrainian heroes and others who keep making music, in the harshest conditions, to lift people's spirits during the 2022 war with Russia. Ukraine's Soul features performances by Amellia Anisovych, Illia Bondarenko, Vera Lytochenko, Iryna Manyukina, and the Singers of the Odesa Opera among others, in addition to violin solos by Mariella Delia and Tatiana Zueva. Filmed on location in Ukraine, Poland, and Russia in four languages, Ukraine's Soul: A Tribute to Heroes will be screening multiple times at Michigan's Historic Ironwood Theatre in the last week of August.